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Baptist Coelho

Multi-layered aspects of people and places form the foundation of my practice that extends beyond the studio. My focus has been to articulate unspoken stories and to conjure meaning from psychological and physical disruptions caused by war and conflict. Through a process of archival and ethnographical research, engagement with military and civilian personnel, I investigate issues surrounding conflict, war (and war museums), conscription, commemoration, heroism, emotion, fear, healing, the body and gender. A key focus of my practice brings together research from personal conversations and institutional knowledge, to reveal how the history of war and conflict affects and relates to everyday life. The Siachen Glacier Conflict (2007 – Ongoing) between India and Pakistan, and India and the World Wars (2011 – Ongoing) are at the core of my practice, among other projects. In 2023, the In Flanders Fields Museum, Yeper published my first monograph which is an overview of my works from 2006 to 2023. The narratives of war are not linear, they form intricate trajectories. Over the last decade, I have tried to deconstruct these crucial and complex layers, by approaching them from various positions. This requires a comprehensive process of investigation, questioning, collaboration and interpretation, which generates critical and ambiguous outcomes, to question and confront established histories and power structures. Like an excavator, I move back and forth in time, retrieving traces of the past and documenting the present across various geographies. My artworks probe beyond the surface to complicate, contradict and rethink oral histories, facts, memory and its loss. I develop varied interpretations through the careful observations of found objects, languages, translations, random thoughts, imagined stories and strategically archived narratives. My interdisciplinary projects use various media such as sculpture, photography, print, collage, installation, performance and audio/video.

Baptist Coelho (b.1977 in Mumbai, India). He received his Master of Arts (MA) from the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD), UK (2016). He was awarded the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong (2016); Façade Video Award, Bulgaria (2011); Promising Artist Award, India (2007); among others. Solo Exhibitions include, Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres (2022-23); Galerie Saint-Séverin; Paris (2021-22); Somerset House, London (2016); Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad (2015); Project 88, Mumbai (2015, 2009); Ladakh Arts and Media Organization (LAMO), Leh (2015); Pump House Gallery, London (2012); Grand Palais, Bern (2009); among others.

Baptist has performed live at Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (2022); Stamford Arts Centre, Singapore (2019); SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney (2019); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2018); New Art Exchange, Nottingham (2018), among others. His works have been exhibited at Villa Radet, Paris (2019); Botanic Garden of the Moscow State University, Russia (2016); Arab-Jewish Culture Center, Haifa (2015); Museo de la Ciudad, Cuernavaca (2013); CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood (2012); Zacheta National Art Gallery, Warsaw (2011); Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea (2010); among others. Baptist's videos have been screened at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2018); Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles (2016); Jönköpings Läns Museum, Sweden (2013); The Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York (2013); MAXXI, Rome (2011); MAC, Lyon (2011); HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark (2010); MuVIM, Valencia (2009); among others.

Baptist was artist-in-resident at In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres (2022-23); Fiminco Foundation, Romainville (2021-22); NTU CCA Singapore (2019); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2019); Artspace, Sydney (2019); Leverhulme Artist-in-Residence at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK (2015-16); Delfina Foundation, London (2011); PROGR, Bern (2009); among others. The artist was awarded various grants from institutions in India, Australia, UK and Europe. Baptist has conducted many community workshops, artist talks, panel discussions across Asia, UAE, South Africa, Australia, UK and Europe.

Baptist is represented by Project 88, Mumbai and his works are in public and private collections. The artist lives and works in Paris, France.

Disciplines Art Plastique, Dessin, Installation, Performance, Photographie, Sculpture
Sujet
Techniques Collage, Crayon, Fusain, Mixte, Pastel, Photographie, Vidéo
Support et matériaux
Tendances Art conceptuel
Code postal 93170
Ville Bagnolet
Région Île-de-France
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Site web https://www.baptistcoelho.com
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